Paragons : twelve master science fiction writers ply their craft / edited by Robin Scott Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Robin Scott, 1928-2013.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 368 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Book club edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

Summary:

Using their own stories as models, 12 of today's science fiction writers illuminate the art and craft of fiction. Discussed are plot, characters, setting, point of view and style. The editor, too, contributes essays.

Contents:

Plot: Price of oranges ; One damn thing after another / Nancy Kress

Monsters ; Making 'Monsters' / James Patrick Kelly. Character: Sisters ; Characters great and small in SF: 'Sisters" / Greg Bear

Rachel in love ; Imaginary friends / Pat Murphy

Setting: Glacier ; The psychic landscape / Kim Stanley Robinson

Beast of the heartland ; God is in the details / Lucius Sheperd. Theme: Lily red ; Once more with meaning / Karen Joy Fowler

Our neural Chernobyl ; About 'Our neural Chernobyl' / Bruce Sterling. Point of view: Feedback ; Point of view / Joe Haldeman

Buddha nostril ; Uncle Henrry, Uncle Zorp, and Crazy Cousin Bingo / John Kessel. Style: Pretty boy crossover ; The S word / Pat Cadigan

Fair game ; Iceberg, Goldberg, it's all the same to me / Howard Waldrop.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 302531

ISBN:

0312140231

9780312140236

OCLC:

978911596

Publisher Number:

12098 Science Fiction Book Club